10th February

…liner order A new bay in construction for our green waste compost. A new bay in construction A new rainwater collecting tank on the side of the large order packing…

23rd November

…achievements in restoring Boconnoc House to its former glory are immense. My Aunt Veryan worked there for several years helping organise events in the house. Not long ago I attended…

5th February

…Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Nivalis’ making a good show against a wall. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Nivalis’ The dwarf growing bay tree with narrow leaves (Laurus nobilis f. angustifolia) originated from Tregrehan cuttings. It…

6th May

bay-laurel like? Its related to Olea and comes from the Canary Isles. If it survives it will become a large evergreen tree with hard, heavy wood. Picconia excelsa Picconia excelsa…

10th June

…start of the G7 leaders conference in Carbis Bay. Helicopters that only a US president could bring in the sky and along the coastline. Not much sightseeing in Cornwall with…

11th July

…sort out on return. 2018 – CHW Off to the ever improving Eddington nursery just on from Seaview and near the Priory Bay Hotel. A huge range of well grown…

23rd July

…the garden here. What a great job and careful too to leave in place the pittosporum and bay trees which block out the view of the neighbours from upstairs.A new…

11th September

…in the English Channel, Irish Sea and North Atlantic, and the crews were sold into slavery. In 1625 a raiding party landed at Mount’s Bay in Cornwall and 60 people…

27th September

…falls (as we have had before with cattle) and I doubt that ponies on their own can really keep the bracken and scrub at bay without additional topping from time…

1st November

…‘Dawn’ and Camellia x vernalis ‘Yuletide’ Viburnum bodnantense ‘Dawn’ outside the nursery cash point. A harbinger of winter. Viburnum bodnantense ‘Dawn’ The groundworks for the new loading bay and larger…

13th November

…windsurfer somewhere in the centre of the bay. The sea The sea The sea Two happy swans and a cormorant! swans 2015 – CHW A quick flip around the garden…

1st December

…ones at the Four in Hand have been out for a few weeks already. Erica arborea Erica arborea Nearby the men have downed another row of leylandii and bay trees…

11th December

…need to place everything out on a site like this before actually planting anything. You have to think of ultimate height, colour matches, gaps for viewing the bay, speed of…